Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june b5 Somalia troops praised medal acknowledges work of vast majority of soldiers by John Ward Canadian press Ottawa four years after they returned from their ill starred Mission to Canadian sailors and Fly ers Are getting a Campaign medal to Mark their service in the East african almost people will get the Gold coloured medal and the ribbon striped in Navy air Force Blue and it wont be Given to those directly involved in the torture death of a teenager in March 1993 and a com Mittee is looking at the actions of 30 or 40 others to determine if they should get the the vast majority of our person Nel who served in Somalia did so honourably and defence minister Art Eggleton said at the formal Parade where the first 50 medals were awarded it celebrates their dedication to duty under extremely harsh and challenging Romeo who presented the medals to the 50 men and acknowledged there were serious incidents involving canadians in including the no one can excuse the death of Scidane he but Nei ther should those events Blind us to the Many lives that canadians have saved through peacekeeping and David Abel comforts wife Diana after receiving medal on behalf of their Michael who died accidentally in related including thou Sands of lives in Somalia Ronson Okerlund of Canad an forces base a member of the Royal Canadian regiment who served with the now disbanded Canadian airborne regi ment in said Hes glad to get the medal and the the Story is going to be closed and we can move on from All the Somalia he i was proud of what i accomplished Over there and what 99 per cent of the troops did Over As far As i was the people that screwed up Over they were that part was played in the Media and the rest of the the 99 per cent that did a Good want shown until medals will be handed out at other formal ceremonies across the country in the next few said Vic Admiral Larry the alternative weapons considered Canadian press acting chief of the defence the Admiral said canadians in Somalia did More than simply pro vide Security for Aid they cleared mines and disarmed they repaired Bridges and they worked in clinics and hospitals helping the sick and wounded and restored electricity and other the awards come just two weeks before the Public inquiry into the Somalia affair is due to deliver its report to the but Mur Ray said its just a the medal was approved by the government last fall and got formal approval from the Queen in then the medals had to be so Only about 300 have been but the full order should be ready Jim the Reform party defence said the awards Are a political football and the timing is 0 master David Scott Flegg displays Somalia medal the Somalia medal should have been struck and awarded to the recipients Long Toronto its like something out of a spider Man comic in a bid to Lessen the number of deadly police Ontario says it will study alternative weapons that immobilize suspects with glue like Liq smother them with a Ding them with a bean bag or stun a string of controversial shooting deaths in the last decade suggests that changes May be in solicitor Gen eral Bob Runciman said when you look at the circumstances of some of these i think that if an alternative had been a death might have been he nonlethal weapons might be appropriate where police Are faced with an armed he others say it could help avoid deaths in dealing with the mentally Toronto police alone have shot five people this three of them Indue a Hammer wielding schizophrenic who was killed on a City and a 200pound Man who came at an officer with a piece of he critics of police use of Force welcomed the ministers but questioned Why its taken so Long to Wake up to the a 19p4 inquest into the shooting death of Lester a mentally ill Man shot after threatening officers with a urged police to adopt stun guns or other alternative the family of Wayne Williams another mentally ill Man shot dead by police last year is suing Toronto police for failing to acquire Les dead by said Julian the family a spokesman for the provincial umbrella group of police unions said his members Are willing to consider the but cautioned that any such weapons would have to be tested details of settlement still unknown Canadian press Toronto the former speaker of Ontario legislature says he has no idea whats in an out of court settlement reached with one of his former but Al Mclean said yesterday Hes glad the which centred on allegations he sexually harassed former assistant Sandi has been Mclean has rarely commented on the Case since he quit As speaker last he slammed the Media for inac curate saying both he and Thompson Are losers in the lawyers revealed monday that a tentative settlement had been reached in the woman wrongful dismissal suit against the legislature and no details were the 49yearold complainant alleged in her statement of claim that she reluctantly agreed to have sex with Mclean four when she eventually rebuffed the suit Mclean tried to Force her to resign and then poisoned her chances for future Mclean has steadfastly denied the for the family who has to the Cycle paths seating for the entire infield a dirty weekend a towboat to Tow Public notice Canada Public notice crts the crts has received the following applications across application by Fairchild television to renew the licence to carry on the National chinese language specially programming undertaking expiring 31 August examination of application b8 525 West the Complete text of this application is available through the Public examination room of the crts in 819 and through the crts office in Winnipeg 204 983 written interventions must be filed with the Secretary k1a with proof that a copy has been served on the applicant on or before 4 july for More information on the intervention you May Call the crts Public affairs in Hull at 819 fax 819 add 819 or by consulting our internet site the Public notice is available in 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